GnuCash User Manual
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# Features

# Basic features

GnuCash is powerful, versatile, and easy to use. If you want to get an idea of everything GnuCash offers, read on!

- Multiple Accounts.

  Create a GnuCash account for each of your bank accounts. Each account maintains both a running balance and a reconciled balance, so you can keep track of the checks that have cleared your account.

- Simple User Interface.

  If you can use the register in the back of your checkbook, you can use `GnuCash.` Type directly into the register, tab between fields, and use quick-fill to automatically complete transactions.

- Automated Tools for Reconciling Accounts.

  At the end of the month, open up the reconcile window, enter the ending balance from your bank statement, and check off the transactions that appear in the bank statement. This agrees what you have recorded in GnuCash with what your bank has reported, and makes it easier to track down any discrepancies.

- QuickFill.

  If you begin typing in the description field, and the text matches a previous transaction, hitting TAB will copy in that previous transaction. This is a handy time saver if you regularly create similar transactions.

- Stock/Mutual Fund Portfolios.

  Track stocks individually (one per account) or in portfolio of accounts (a group of accounts that can be displayed together). There are tools to automatically collect stock quotes.

- Multiple currencies.

  Bank accounts may be established in different currencies, and trades at varying exchange rates may be made, in much the same way stocks trade at varying prices.

- Quicken File Import.

  Imports Quicken-style QIF files. The import wizard automatically merges duplicate transactions.

- Gnome MDI Interface.

  Have multiple views of your financial data, arranged how you want them, in one or more windows that stay around through GnuCash sessions.

- Reports.

  Display, export as HTML, or print a variety of reports, including Balance Sheet, Account Summary, Profit and Loss, Stock Portfolios, and Transaction Reports. Reports are saved from session to session, and rolling reports are possible with relative dates. GnuCash also supports a variety of customizable, printable, bar and pie charts.

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